Honolulu committee reports out multiple legal settlements, civil actions after executive session

The Committee on International and Legal Affairs of the City and County of Honolulu reported out recommendations from an executive session to authorize several legal settlements, foreclosures and civil actions, Chair Waters said.

The committee, reconvening pursuant to section 92‑4 and 92‑5 to consult with its attorneys, recommended that the council be asked to: authorize settlement of claims for hazard pay for HGA; authorize civil action to take possession of 3808 Pocky Avenue; authorize civil action to take possession of 48‑389 Kamehameha Highway in Kāneʻohe, Hawai‘i; initiate foreclosure action against the revocable living trust of Diane Sui Hyung Lee to collect civil fines; and authorize settlements in multiple lawsuits against the city and other city entities, including cases identified in the transcript as Nolan v. City and County of Honolulu, Tanimoto v. City and County of Honolulu, Waite v. Honolulu Liquor Commission, Dansal v. City and County of Honolulu, and a case variously transcribed during the meeting as “Hair” and later restated as “Lehi” v. City and County of Honolulu.

The recommendations were reported out for adoption by the full council, Chair Waters said. Most were moved forward with no recorded objections in the committee’s voice calls. One settlement—the case identified in the record first as “Hair” and later restated by the chair as “Lehi” v. City and County of Honolulu—received an objection in the initial voice call and was retaken as a roll-call vote. The roll call recorded Council Member Cordero: Aye; Member Dos Santos Tam: Aye; Member Kia: Aye; Member Okimoto: No; Member Toba: (no vote recorded in the transcript); Member Tupelo: Excused; Chair Waters: Aye; Vice Chair Wires: Aye. The chair then closed the meeting and declared the committee adjourned.

All items were described by the chair as having been discussed in executive session with the committee’s attorneys under the cited open-meetings sections; the committee’s action at this meeting was to report those items out for adoption by the full council. The transcript does not record motions or seconds for each recommendation, nor does it provide specific settlement amounts or detailed terms for any case.

The committee meeting record indicates nine separate items reported out for adoption, covering property possession actions, a foreclosure authorization, and multiple lawsuit settlements. The transcript does not specify dates for any next steps, amounts to be paid in settlements, or further procedural deadlines; those details were not provided in the public record excerpt.